Smoking pipe



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SMOKING PIPE Filed Aug. 28, 1944 mzlagmmllllllllll l V INVENTOR. a/ 1Brown By Q41? ATTORNEY Patented July 5, 1&49

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SMOKING PIPE Cal v. Brown, Richmond, Calif.

Application August 23, 1944, Serial No; 551,500 2Cla-ims. (on. 131492)This invention relates to improvements in tobacco pipes and hasparticular reference to the construction of the stem portion thereof.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a tobacco pipestem so devised that the stern may be readily folded or nested over thetop of the pipe bowl, thus providing a com pact pipe arrangement thatcan be readily carried by the user, with the pipe occupying but aminimum amount of space in the users pocket.

A further object of the invention is to provide a jointed pipe stem thatcan be easily cleaned, thus rendering the same highly sanitary.

Another object of the invention is to produce a smoking pipe of thecharacter described that is simple in construction, strong and durable,yet light in weight, and unusually compact and high-- ly efficient inuse.

All of the aforementioned and still other objects and advantages of myinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecifications, taken with the accompanying drawing where likecharacters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal side elevational View of one type of smokingpipe embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a central, vertical, longitudinal, sectional view of thesmoking pipe;

Fig. 3 is an exploded, sectional, horizontal view of a pair of membersthat form one of the jointed portions of the pipe;

Fig. 4 is an especially constructed bolt and nut employed for hingedlysecuring the jointed portions together;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a pair of members that form one of thejointed portions of the pipe;

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the pipe, showing the stem infolded position;

Fig. '7 is a detail view in elevation of one of the halves that forms ajointed portion;

Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of the pair of members of Figs 3 and 5,as assembled.

Referring in detail to the drawings the numeral 9 designates the bowl ofan ordinary pipe and the numerals lil designate a bolt having a slottedhead I i, said bolt serving to retain the hinged sections of the pipestem together. The numeral l2 designates a female spacer coupling memberthat is interposed between the jointed members l4, said jointed members,spacer and mouth piece l3 having a smoke passageway I5 that leads fromthe bowl. The jointed members l4 are constructed of mating halves I4 and14" as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, each half being formed with a holeIt that is provided to accommodate the bolt ll) which functions tohingedly secure the halves together. Each of the halves l4 and 14forming the jointed member I4 is formed at one side with an extensionl9, which is substantially semi-circular in cross section and isprovided with a flat inner face 22. The other side of the extension i9is cut away to provide a concave face 23 which merges at its lower endinto a relatively thin stop wall 2|. The concave faces 23 of each of thehalves interfit with and act as bearing surfaces for the respectiveextensions I9, during the pivotal folding movement of the parts. Thenumerals l1 designate male portions that are formed on each end of thejointed members l4 and which are capable of extending into femaleportions formed into the bowl piece 9, coupling member I2 and mouthpiece l3 whereby the various parts forming the pipe and stem areremovably secured together. The numeral 18 designates the inner portionof the bowl 9, the smoke passageway I5 leading therefrom through thejointed members and around the bolts I0, each bolt having a threaded nut24 for holding it in position. The number 20 designates a bevel surfaceon the member M and the number 2! an extension thereon. When it isdesired to fold the pipe, it is apparent that the stem I3 and couplingmember 12 will be turned upwardly so that the stem will closely overlieand be substantially parallel to the top face of the bowl 9. During thispivotal movement of the stem and coupling members, the extensions IQ ofthe halves I4 and M will slide over the respective concave bearingsurfaces 23, and, at the completion of the folding, the bevelled faces20 on the upper ends of the halves I4 and M" will abut one another, asbest shown in Figure 6.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it will be apparent that the invention possessescertain unique features of construction, whereby the various partsforming the stem are removably and without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A smoking pipe embodying in its construction a bowl portion and astem portion, the stem portion comprising a pair of jointed membersadaptable for pivotal movement, an intermediate spacing member, and amouth piece, the jointed members being formed with opposed male endportions and the intermediate spacing member with oppositely opposedfemale end portions whereby the jointed members are removably securedtogether, the spacer member being of such length relative to the heightof the pipe bowl as will enable the stem to be folded atright angles anda portion thereof extend in parallelism over and in proximity to the topface of the bowl.

2. A smoking pipe embodying in its construction a bowl portion and astem portion removably secured thereto, the stem portion comprising apair of jointed members, an intermediate spacing member and a mouthpiece removably secured to one of the jointed members, each jointedmember being in two parts, said parts comprising mat- 0 NumberREFERENCES CITED I The following referenlces are of record in the fileof this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Jonasson May 29, 1894 Kiesser Nov. 8,1910 Birchall May 6, 1924

